1File::Spec::Win32(3pm) Perl Programmers Reference Guide File::Spec::Win32(3pm)
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NAME

6       File::Spec::Win32 - methods for Win32 file specs
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SYNOPSIS

9        require File::Spec::Win32; # Done internally by File::Spec if needed
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DESCRIPTION

12       See File::Spec::Unix for a documentation of the methods provided there.
13       This package overrides the implementation of these methods, not the
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16       devnull
17           Returns a string representation of the null device.
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19       tmpdir
20           Returns a string representation of the first existing directory
21           from the following list:
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23               $ENV{TMPDIR}
24               $ENV{TEMP}
25               $ENV{TMP}
26               SYS:/temp
27               C:\system\temp
28               C:/temp
29               /tmp
30               /
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32           The SYS:/temp is preferred in Novell NetWare and the C:\system\temp
33           for Symbian (the File::Spec::Win32 is used also for those
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36           Since Perl 5.8.0, if running under taint mode, and if the
37           environment variables are tainted, they are not used.
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39       case_tolerant
40           MSWin32 case-tolerance depends on GetVolumeInformation() $ouFsFlags
41           == FS_CASE_SENSITIVE, indicating the case significance when
42           comparing file specifications.  Since XP FS_CASE_SENSITIVE is
43           effectively disabled for the NT subsubsystem.  See
44           http://cygwin.com/ml/cygwin/2007-07/msg00891.html Default: 1
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46       file_name_is_absolute
47           As of right now, this returns 2 if the path is absolute with a
48           volume, 1 if it's absolute with no volume, 0 otherwise.
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50       catfile
51           Concatenate one or more directory names and a filename to form a
52           complete path ending with a filename
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54       canonpath
55           No physical check on the filesystem, but a logical cleanup of a
56           path. On UNIX eliminated successive slashes and successive "/.".
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60                   dir1\dir2\dir3\...\dir4   -> \dir\dir4
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62       splitpath
63               ($volume,$directories,$file) = File::Spec->splitpath( $path );
64               ($volume,$directories,$file) = File::Spec->splitpath( $path, $no_file );
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66           Splits a path into volume, directory, and filename portions.
67           Assumes that the last file is a path unless the path ends in '\\',
68           '\\.', '\\..'  or $no_file is true.  On Win32 this means that
69           $no_file true makes this return ( $volume, $path, '' ).
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71           Separators accepted are \ and /.
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73           Volumes can be drive letters or UNC sharenames (\\server\share).
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75           The results can be passed to "catpath" to get back a path
76           equivalent to (usually identical to) the original path.
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78       splitdir
79           The opposite of catdir().
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81               @dirs = File::Spec->splitdir( $directories );
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83           $directories must be only the directory portion of the path on
84           systems that have the concept of a volume or that have path syntax
85           that differentiates files from directories.
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87           Unlike just splitting the directories on the separator, leading
88           empty and trailing directory entries can be returned, because these
89           are significant on some OSs. So,
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91               File::Spec->splitdir( "/a/b/c" );
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93           Yields:
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97       catpath
98           Takes volume, directory and file portions and returns an entire
99           path. Under Unix, $volume is ignored, and this is just like
100           catfile(). On other OSs, the $volume become significant.
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102   Note For File::Spec::Win32 Maintainers
103       Novell NetWare inherits its File::Spec behaviour from
104       File::Spec::Win32.
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107       Copyright (c) 2004,2007 by the Perl 5 Porters.  All rights reserved.
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109       This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it
110       under the same terms as Perl itself.
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SEE ALSO

113       See File::Spec and File::Spec::Unix.  This package overrides the
114       implementation of these methods, not the semantics.
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